The objective of the study was to determine whether there was a difference in the effectiveness of Radiotherapy alone compared with Radiotherapy plus Metronidazole in the treatment of women with advanced cancer of the cervix in Mulago hospital. It was a randomized controlled trial composed of 38 women altogether, with one group composed of randomly selected women with advanced cancer of the cervix treated with radiotherapy alone and the other group composed of similar women but treated with radiotherapy and metronidazole.